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What’s next? Chavez’s death leaves…
(CNN) -- Thousands of Venezuelans are expected to line the streets Wednesday morning as Hugo Chavez's remains are taken from the military hospital where he died to the Fuerte Tiuna Military Academy in…
Was a South Korean missionary murdered by the…
Seoul (CNN) -- As the snow falls and the wind bites on a stark winter's day in Seoul, a lady rugged up in a green woolen overcoat and scarf arrives at a church nestled among shops and office…
FBI release Whitney Houston files, revealing…
Newly released documents, though heavily redacted, shed light on pressure the singer faced from blackmailers and obsessives The FBI has released 128 pages from its file on Whitney Houston, revealing…
Battling a new infection, Chavez has breathing…
(CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is fighting a new infection, and his breathing problems have worsened, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said late Monday. "There is a worsening of the…
Baby ‘cured’ of HIV virus
A baby born with the virus that causes Aids appears to have been cured, scientists have announced. Specialists at a major Aids meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, described the case of a child from…
Scandal threatens to overshadow pope's final…
By Ben Wedeman and Michael Pearson, CNN Rome (CNN) -- Scandal is threatening to eclipse the poignancy and pageantry of Benedict XVI's historic final days as pope. Vatican officials were already trying…
Traffic Police Officer named Top Constable for…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (February 25, 2013) --Top Police Constable of the St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, Nevis Division for 2012 #601 Valentine Hodge, believes that Police Officers ought to be…
Oscar Pistorius freed on bail until murder trial…
When the long-awaited decision came, the only man in the packed courtroom who did not seem seized by the moment was Oscar Pistorius himself. His family members smiled and joined in a circle of prayer.…
Bail decision looms for Oscar Pistorius
Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- South African prosecutors pushed Friday to keep Oscar Pistorius behind bars, painting the double-amputee track star as a killer offering an improbable defense in the…
Stanford investors sue Antigua-Barbuda and ECCB
By Caribbean News Now contributor DALLAS, USA -- Allen Stanford’s receiver and investors’ committee have sued Antigua and Barbuda, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and 23 former Stanford…
Diamond heist at Brussels airport nets gang up to…
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 19 February 2013 11.25 GMT Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and agencies Diamond heist at Brussels airport nets gang up to £30m in gems Masked armed men held up security van as…
Oscar Pistorius’ girlfriend shot 4 times…
Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Model Reeva Steenkamp was shot four times through the bathroom door at the home of Olympian Oscar Pistorius, a South African official familiar with the case told CNN on…
Oscar Pistorius held over gun death
South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has been arrested after his model girlfriend was shot dead at his home. According to local media reports, Reeva Steenkamp, 30, may have been mistaken for…
5 dead after powerful quake strikes in South…
(CNN) -- An 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami that killed five people but didn't threaten the wider region. Four elderly…